for those gone ahead

[Elinda]

to all of us who have had the privilege of one or more good dogs that still hold a special place in our hearts...


"There is one best place to bury a good dog. If you bury him in this spot, he will come to you when you call - come to you over the grim, dim frontiers of death, and down the well-remembered path, and to your side again. And though you call a dozen living dogs to heel, they shall not growl at him nor resent his coming, for he belongs there. People may scoff at you, who see no lightest blade of grass bent by his footfall, who hear no whimper: people who may never really have had a dog. Smile at them, for you shall know something that is hidden from them, and which is well worth the knowing. The one best place to bury a good dog is in the heart of his master." (B.H. Campman)

[TashaKat]

That's lovely, Elinda, thank you

[Liza]

That's lovely.  I have quite a few buried there already :'(

[bonny]

That's lovely.  I have quite a few buried there already :'(

And the best thing is that the heart is big enough for all of them - and more.

Beautiful Elinda - thank you.

[Maggie_L]

 :'(

[whisper's mum]

 :'(

[Babette]

Yes, so true.  I have a permanent friend who now exists only in my heart, but who lets her presence there be known regularly! 

Oh how wonderful animals are, and oh how much we miss their physical selves, even when we still glimpse their spiritual selves within us.